The US and Russia swap jailed basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Basketball star released as US agrees to free convicted arms dealer in dramatic prisoner swap.
US basketball star Brittney Griner was freed in a prisoner exchange for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout nearly 10 months after she was arrested at a ...
U.S. officials released convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout in their prisoner swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner Thursday morning, returning the man known as ...
Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the US releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, ...
She is on her way home,โ Mr Biden tweeted. She is on a plane. We will never give up.โ She is safe. Mr Biden said Griner was in "good spirits" and was relieved to finally be heading home, adding that she would back in the US within 24 hours. Mr Biden hailed the release of Griner in a tweet, saying she was on a plane home to the US.
The Biden administration struck a deal to bring Brittney Griner home from Russia in exchange for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.